Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
queen
Usage: βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς), [in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה ;] a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.† (AS)
Basilissa means “queen” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H938 — buz in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G938 βασίλισσα (basilissa) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. basilissa (bas-il'-is-sah) n. 1. a queen [feminine from G936] It has 39 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include queen. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
basilissa (bas-il'-is-sah) n. 1. a queen [feminine from G936] KJV: queen Root(s): G936
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queen
Usage: βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς), [in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה ;] a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render basilissa, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G938 (βασίλισσα) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
35 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
And the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G938.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
And the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of King Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.
And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not anywhere else such spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to King Solomon: and she returned to her own land.
dwelt.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
said he, she refused to obey King Artaxerxes,
it: and let not the queen come in to him anymore; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
And the queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mordecai, and take away his sackcloth: but he consented not.
thy request, queen Esther? speak, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
So the king and Haman went in to drink with the queen.
And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom.
And Esther said, The adversary is Haman, this wicked man. Then Haman was troubled before the king and the queen.
And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Haman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.
And the king returned from the garden; and Haman had fallen upon the bed, entreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force my wife in my house? And when Haman heard it, he changed countenance.
And queen Esther, the daughter of Amminadab, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Purim.
And Mordecai and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.
With which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honor: The queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, And arrayed in diverse colors.
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, And maidens without number.
My dove, my perfect one is one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, Yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.
Concerning Kedar the queen of the palace, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, and go up to Kedar, and fill the sons of Kedem.
(after the departure of Jechoniah the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem);
For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your mouth, and ye fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have indeed performed them.
Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live forever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, and let not thy countenance be changed.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G938, grouped by book.
Basilissa (Strong's G938) is a Greek word most simply glossed "queen". basilissa (bas-il'-is-sah) n. 1. a queen [feminine from G936]
This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G938 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G938 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as queen. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 35 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G938, with linked reader references where each row is available.